The Zuhd of Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen ash-Shinqeetee

Our Shaykh Muhammad al-Ameen ash-Shinqeetee who died on 17/12/1393H, rahimahullah, took very little from this worldly life, and I used to see him and he could not differentiate between the values of different [notes within the same] currency, and he once said to me: “I came from my country (Shinqeet [Mauritania]) and with me is a treasure that is seldom found in the possession of anyone, and it is contentment, and if I wanted high status, I would have known the way to achieve it, but I chose not to exchange this worldly life for the hereafter, and I do not give my knowledge to attain worldly desires.” Shaykh Bakr Abu Zayd Source: The Etiquette of Seeking Knowledge. Translated by Abu ‘Abdillah Murad ibn Hilmi Ash-Shuweikh, and published by Al-Hidaayah.